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Kimberly is a Sexological Bodyworker, Somatic Experiencing trauma resolution practitioner, birth doula, and single mom. She specializes in helping women prepare for birth, recover from birth injuries and birth trauma, and heal from sexual trauma. She is the founder of Magamama.com, an international holistic women’s health care resource for expectant and new mothers. She is the co-founder of the STREAM School for Pelvic Care, where she trained birth professionals, yoga teachers, somatic therapists, and bodyworkers to help women prepare for birth and recover from birth. She is the author of the bestselling book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality.
In today’s episode we talk about the fourth trimester, and why postpartum care is essential for both mother and baby.
Today’s episode is sponsored by The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility. The Fifth Vital Sign is available for purchase on Amazon — click here to buy now.
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- Why is the postpartum period so challenging for so many women?
- How do other cultures treat the postpartum period?
- What do women need (specifically) during the first few months after birth?
- Why women need support of other women during this critical time
- The problem with going about your “normal” daily activities immediately after birth
- Why do Western women have such a difficult time resting when we need to?
- The issue with separating and compartmentalizing the physical, emotional, and spiritual experience of birth
- Reconnecting with your sexuality postpartum
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Resources mentioned
- The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality
- Kimberly Ann Johnson | Magamamas
- Magamama Courses
- The Magamamas Podcast
- The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility (Book) | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
- Get The First chapter of The Fifth Vital Sign for FREE | thefifthvitalsignbook.com
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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic
A Special Thank You to Our Show Sponsor:
The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility
This episode is sponsored by my new book The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility. Click here to buy now.
Thanks for an amazing episode! I really enjoyed it and learned from it.
Could you please elaborate on why a vegetarian diet preproposes mothers to birth injury?
Hi Inbal, a vegetarian diet does not contains sufficient glycine. Gelatin is derived from collagen and it contains glycine and proline, two amino acids that are used in the production of collagen (an essential part of our skin, tissues, ligaments, etc.). Pregnancy is a time where a woman’s glycine needs increase significantly. Just think about how much her skin is stretching, her uterus is growing, ligaments, and don’t forget what is necessary to build a baby! When your diet does not contain any animal products (such as skin, joint bones, ligaments from animal sources … i.e. bone broth), you run the increased risk of birth injury, and you can dramatically increase the time it takes to heal your tissues. Read Real Food For Pregnancy for a detailed run down of the science behind why women’s glycine needs (from animal sources) increase during pregnancy.